Hi peeps,
just a bit obsessed on trying to take the best video with a XZ1, so just posting some clips shot 2 weeks ago, think this is the optimum you can get out of the oly in terms of video
the frogfish shot at 6 mtrs, the nudis were at 20 mtrs, the ribbon moray at 15 mtrs, set white balance manually at those various depths, though it had a hard time doing color correction at 15 mtrs.
Anyway steps are prior pressing that vid button
1. Set to 'C'
2. Set white balance via- 2a. on shoot mode, press right of jog wheel (by flash icon) and will show right menu icons, 2b. Select WB and select manual white balance icon, its beside the fish (underwater WB mode), 2c. Press Info which will give out 'shoot at white point prompt'. 2d. Shoot and you get color correction at that depth relative white point you've used (gray card, white card, palm hand, white fins, etc.)
3. Set Focus to Manual for wide shots to prevent focus hunting
just sharing, so everyone may avoid pressing video at a/s/m modes which if you do, you'll end up having dark videos you're whole trip, which we dont want
cheers
just a bit obsessed on trying to take the best video with a XZ1, so just posting some clips shot 2 weeks ago, think this is the optimum you can get out of the oly in terms of video
the frogfish shot at 6 mtrs, the nudis were at 20 mtrs, the ribbon moray at 15 mtrs, set white balance manually at those various depths, though it had a hard time doing color correction at 15 mtrs.
Anyway steps are prior pressing that vid button
1. Set to 'C'
2. Set white balance via- 2a. on shoot mode, press right of jog wheel (by flash icon) and will show right menu icons, 2b. Select WB and select manual white balance icon, its beside the fish (underwater WB mode), 2c. Press Info which will give out 'shoot at white point prompt'. 2d. Shoot and you get color correction at that depth relative white point you've used (gray card, white card, palm hand, white fins, etc.)
3. Set Focus to Manual for wide shots to prevent focus hunting
just sharing, so everyone may avoid pressing video at a/s/m modes which if you do, you'll end up having dark videos you're whole trip, which we dont want
cheers
